Seaford railway station is in Seaford, East Sussex, England. It is the terminus of the Seaford branch line of the East Coastway line, 58 miles 77 chains (94.9 km) measured from London Bridge.[1] The line to the station has been reduced to a single track and only one platform remains in use (previously two), though it is still numbered platform 2. Platform 1 is still visible but the track has been removed.
Seaford (Sussex)  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Seaford, Lewes England | ||||
| Grid reference | TV481991 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Southern | ||||
| Platforms | 1 (formerly 2) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SEF | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
| History | |||||
| Pre-grouping | LB&SCR | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 June 1864 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.674 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.205 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.474 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.553 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.614 million | ||||
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Train services from the station are provided by Southern.
The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway opened Seaford station on 1 June 1864. It was designed as a through station for a proposed extension to Eastbourne that was never built.
A working model of Seaford Station as it appeared in the 1920s is displayed at Seaford Museum.
Signal box
editAt the end of the station, there was a signal box that was used up until the mid-1980s. The box was damaged by the salt air coming from the nearby sea and the box was dangerously unstable, therefore Seaford signal box was demolished in February 2002.[2]
Services
editAs of August 2021[update] the typical off-peak service pattern is two trains per hour to Brighton via Lewes, seven days a week.[3] Services are operated by Class 377s.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Bishopstone | Southern Seaford Branch Line |
Terminus | ||
Gallery
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The station building -
Railway Correspondence & Travel Society Sussex rail tour in 1962 -
A1X class 0-6-0T No. 32636 and E4 class 0-6-2T
References
edit- ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 17A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
- ^ Leigh, Chris (12 January 2011). "Above their station: Bishopstone". Rail. No. 661. Bauer Media Group. pp. 61–62.
- ^ "Revised timetable". Southern. August 2021.
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Seaford railway station (England) from National Rail